Marash Sanjak

Marash Sanjak
Maraş Sancağı
مرعش سنجاقی
سنجق مرعش
Marash Sanjak; Maraş Sancağı مرعش سنجاقی; سنجق مرعش
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire; Under Aleppo Eyalet (1549–1865); Under Aleppo Vilayet (1865–1918)
1549–1918
	Coat of arms
	; Marash Sanjak in 1914
Capital	Marash
History
• Established	1549
• Armistice of Mudros	1918
	Succeeded by
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
Today part of	Turkey

The Marash Sanjak (Turkish: Maraş Sancağı, Ottoman Turkish: مرعش سنجاقی, Arabic: سنجق مرعش), previously known as Sanjak of Ablistan, was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Turkey. The city of Marash was the Sanjak's capital. It had a population of 187,899 in 1914.^[1]

History edit

Marash was part of zone of French influence according in Treaty of Sèvres, but after the success of Turkish War of Independence, Maraş, Antep and Urfa (sanjaks of former Halep Eyalet) were taken back by Turkey.

Subdistricts edit

The sanjak was made up of five districts (kazas):^[2]

Kaza of Marash (Maraş)
Kaza of Zeytun
Kaza of Elbistan
Kaza of Andırın
Kaza of Pazarcık

References edit

^ Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres.
^ "Haleb Vilayeti" (in Turkish). 8 October 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

37°35′0″N 36°56′0″E / 37.58333°N 36.93333°E / 37.58333; 36.93333

[1] Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres.

[2] "Haleb Vilayeti" (in Turkish). 8 October 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

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